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Laura San Giacomo

"I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago."

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Donna Grant

"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

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Donna Grant

"There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane."

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Donna Grant

"I think my being such a nomad let me into acting. I was always having to create a new image whenever we moved."

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Donna Grant

"Great acting may be a turn-on, but it won't make me fantasize about the person for a week."

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Donna Grant

"When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting."

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Donna Grant

"I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like."

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Donna Grant

"I was never a villain on the stage. I always played strong, sympathetic types. My first stage role with a speaking part, believe it or not, was as a priest. It wasn't until I began acting in films that the producers and directors saw me primarily as a bizarre villain."

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Donna Grant

"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."

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Donna Grant

"Acting is really not what I'm interested in. I'm not an aspiring actor and you should be able to tell."

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Donna Grant

"Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months."

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Laura San Giacomo
"There are amazing schools and amazing educators that are doing a wonderful job. And then there are a lot of educators that are not prepared to deal with inclusive education. They haven't been trained. It's really quite lovely and easy when you understand how to do it."

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Laura San Giacomo
"I went to college in Pittsburgh at Carnegie Mellon University... studied acting there. Then I went to New York for about five years. I moved out here about 10 years ago."

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Laura San Giacomo
"I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old."

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Laura San Giacomo
"The world is changing and the physical barriers are down now. It's time for the emotional barriers to go down. And what better place to start than school?"

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Laura San Giacomo
"I did theater at Carnegie, and in Pittsburgh and New York."

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